Article: INDIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - AUG 18, 2008.

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:

THE ECONOMIC TIMES

- Government employees will see their salaries, including allowances, increase in the range of 25 per cent to 50 per cent following the adoption of the revised sixth pay commission (SPC). In some instances, the hike may well work out to over 75 per cent. The revision of the fitment from a multiplication factor of 1.74, recommended by the SPC, to 1.86 will benefit all employees.The middle-level officers, in the rank of director, have also received a better deal. This level had the lowest increase in the salary in the initial recommendations of the pay commission.

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